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ICImagingControl_StartAcquisition

Initializes and starts image acquisition in a camera.

Syntax

void avl::ICImagingControl_StartAcquisition
(
	ICImagingControlState& ioState,
	const atl::Optional<const atl::String&>& inDeviceID,
	int inInputQueueSize,
	const avl::ICImagingControlColorFormat::Type inPixelFormat,
	const atl::Optional<int> inBinning,
	const atl::Optional<int> inSkipping,
	const atl::Optional<avl::Box> inRoi,
	const atl::Optional<float> inFrameRate,
	const atl::Optional<int> inGain,
	const atl::Optional<bool> inGainAuto,
	const atl::Optional<double> inExposure,
	const atl::Optional<bool> inExposureAuto,
	const atl::Optional<int> inGamma,
	const atl::Optional<int> inSharpness
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Range	Default	Description
ioState	ICImagingControlState&			Object used to maintain state of the function.
inDeviceID	const Optional<const String&>&		NIL	Serial number, display name, unique name or base name of the camera
inInputQueueSize	int	1 - +	3
inPixelFormat	const ICImagingControlColorFormat::Type		RGB24	Pixel format
inBinning	const Optional<int>	2 - 64	NIL	Skipping factor
inSkipping	const Optional<int>	2 - 64	NIL	Binning factor
inRoi	const Optional<Box>		NIL	Hardware Region of Interest
inFrameRate	const Optional<float>	0.5 -	NIL	Camera frame rate
inGain	const Optional<int>	0 - +	NIL	Gain value
inGainAuto	const Optional<bool>		NIL	Enable auto gain
inExposure	const Optional<double>	0 - +	NIL	Exposure time
inExposureAuto	const Optional<bool>		NIL	Enable auto exposure
inGamma	const Optional<int>	0 - +	NIL	Gamma value
inSharpness	const Optional<int>	0 - +	NIL	Sharpness value

Remarks

Camera driver software

This filter is intended to cooperate with a camera using its vendor SDK. To be able to connect to a camera, it is required to install ICImagingControl SDK software. Currently Adaptive Vision Studio requires ICImagingControl SDK version 3.4.

Proper camera drivers and ICImagingControl SDK (IC Imaging Control .NET Component, C++ Class Library ) can be downloaded from the following website: https://www.theimagingsource.com/support/downloads-for-windows/. To work with the Imaging Source SDK you need to install SDK on the target machine or copy manually the .dll files from the Documents\IC Imaging Control 3.4\redist\c++\win32\ directory on your computer (or Documents\IC Imaging Control 3.4\redist\c++\x64\ if you use Adaptive Vision Studio x64) and add them to the Adaptive Vision Studio directory in Program Files.

Camera identification

When there is only one camera connected to the computer, field inDeviceID can be set to Auto. In such case, the first available camera will be found and connected.

inDeviceID can be used to pick one of multiple cameras connected to the computer. inDeviceID can be set to:

serial number,
display name,
unique name,
base name of the camera.

Camera parameters

Most of the parameters exposed by camera filters are optional, setting them to Auto leaves related parameter for automatic configuration by the camera driver.

To change other and more advanced camera parameters, use the VCD Property Inspector available with ICImagingControl SDK. Refer to SDK documentation for information about parameters and how to save them into memory channels.

Multithreaded environment

This function is not guaranteed to be thread-safe. When used in multithreaded environment, it has to be manually synchronized.